Report: Bottled water and 8 other products with the biggest markups

Sometimes we purchase certain products because we’re lazy. It’s a fact of life. We can’t be bothered to do certain things.

A great example of this is pre-cut vegetables and fruit. How lethargic and indolent have we become that we simply can’t cut our apples, celery, carrots and oranges? At the same time, these types of products come with a higher price, which we seem to be more than glad to pay.

Of course, there are other products that we just have to buy, even if it comes with a hefty price-tag, like furniture or eyeglass frames.

Wise Bread is out with a new report hat looks at nine everyday products that come with the biggest markups. Here they are:

– Bottled Water: 280,000 percent markup

– Pre-Cut Fruit and Vegetables: 40 percent markup

– College Textbooks: 200 percent markup

– Designer Handbags: 100 percent markup

– Designer Jeans: 260 percent markup

– Brand Prescription Drugs: 443 percent markup

– Eyeglass Frames: 500 percent markup

– Coffee and Tea: 400 percent markup

– Furniture: 80 percent markup